Wan Chai on Sunday afternoon
Forgive an actual FR:
I was a first timer checking out the "maid parade" in Wan Chai. I was disappointed.
All the bars have a dance area and a bar area. All are generally very loud which makes it very hard to hold a conversation. The dance floors are generally packed and the bar areas of many places are also packed so it is hard to impossible to move around. This makes it very difficult to see the women and get close enough to them to try to talk to them.
One thing I haven't seen written about in the forum is that some bars allow smoking and in some it is not permitted. As someone who dislikes smoke that was another negative for me.
Here are some specific points for some of the bars:
Smokey: Bar 109, Neptune 3.
Bar 109: very small (it was written that you shouldn't go in there if you are not drunk. I wasn't and it didn't seem very different than any other of the bars)
J Forest: started later and wasn't quite as loud as the other places.
New Makati: was quieter early in the afternoon but then they turned up the volume.
Players: smaller (but not as small as Bar 109) and noisier than average.
Escape: somewhat larger but very dark so hard to see anyone.
As for the women: I saw an awful lot of ordinary looking women and wasn't attracted to almost any. The one possible I saw (in New Makati) had a nice body and soso face and danced well. However, she was dancing when I came in and never stopped the whole time I was there, probably 45 minutes. I gave her a look and nod and she looked back. After awhile I went up to her and told her I would like to buy her a drink when she wanted a break. At one point another guy went up to her and started dancing next to her (his front to her back). She didn't give him any positive or negative feedback and just kept dancing. He left after a few minutes. When I left I waved to her and she waved back and that was that.
Women (who I wasn't interested in) came up to me or put their hand on my arm as I walked by in Bar 109 and Players but everywhere else no one gave me a look and all seemed only interested in dancing and hanging out with their friends.